So I was playing an 1850 ara game last night 1v1 and ab 25m in I realized I was playing the exact same map I had played a few months earlier, meaning same res locations.
Funny thing is that I used the same "formula" in both games to come to the conclusion that I needed to 21p sc. I chose this strat because my map had very little wood (lake in the middle of one wood, small 2nd wood) and I was close to my opponent on the map. Dr fc ca would be hard to pull off w such an open map but possible if I walled like a bitch...
Enemy's map had front big wood (tried to tower it but got caught) and hills that opponent put rax stable ranges on. So his map was v easily closed w a few walls while my map was v open w crap wood
My "formula" tells me I need to go all in military at some point in the game since I have no place to tc wood and am easily raided. But both games I went castle around 22m and banged out ca, only to lose because of inability to hit enemy Eco in feudal as well as inability to get the kills necessary to justify 1 tc all in ca. I can post link to recs if anyone wants
But having played this map twice and failing to win on the disadvantage both games id like to know some ideas on how to play w a wide open map vs a super closed map, from players who are better than me
PS my "formula" or decision makin process for deciding strat is 100% map based, so it's not like I do the same strat every game
Funny thing is that I used the same "formula" in both games to come to the conclusion that I needed to 21p sc. I chose this strat because my map had very little wood (lake in the middle of one wood, small 2nd wood) and I was close to my opponent on the map. Dr fc ca would be hard to pull off w such an open map but possible if I walled like a bitch...
Enemy's map had front big wood (tried to tower it but got caught) and hills that opponent put rax stable ranges on. So his map was v easily closed w a few walls while my map was v open w crap wood
My "formula" tells me I need to go all in military at some point in the game since I have no place to tc wood and am easily raided. But both games I went castle around 22m and banged out ca, only to lose because of inability to hit enemy Eco in feudal as well as inability to get the kills necessary to justify 1 tc all in ca. I can post link to recs if anyone wants
But having played this map twice and failing to win on the disadvantage both games id like to know some ideas on how to play w a wide open map vs a super closed map, from players who are better than me
PS my "formula" or decision makin process for deciding strat is 100% map based, so it's not like I do the same strat every game